TRAILER
Chances have it that you know a survivor of childhood sexual assault.
A colleague, a friend, even a family member. But the odds are you probably won’t realise it. It is the part of their life story that will be kept hidden from view – a dark secret, a social taboo, unseen and unsaid, often remaining hidden at the expense of their own physical, emotional and mental wellbeing.
Enter Left Write Hook, an experimental eight-week recovery program combining the physical release of boxing with the emotional outlet of creative writing. The goal is to provide survivors of sexual abuse with a unique space to both physically and verbally tap into repressed memories and the associated impacts of trauma, allowing them to begin reclaiming their bodies and minds, and imagine new lives for themselves.
The program is led by boxing instructor and trauma survivor Donna Lyon. She is the driving force that gives her fellow participants the courage and support to release a Pandora’s box of emotions.
Director: Shannon Owen
Producer: Gal Greenspan and Rachel Forbes, MOFA
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